From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, kernel-team@android.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 18/18] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add trace_remote
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:55:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260817135517.3919534-19-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817135517.3919534-1-vdonnefort@google.com>
The trace_remote parameter allows configuring a trace remote on
registration. The syntax is similar to trace_instance.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e8ff36982d97..63bbefba5bca 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -7791,6 +7791,25 @@ Kernel parameters
See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
section.
+ trace_remote=[remote-info]
+ [FTRACE] Configure a trace remote instance at boot.
+ Format: <name>[^option1[^option2...]][,event1[,event2...]]
+
+ Supported options:
+
+ dump_on_panic - Enable dumping the trace buffer on
+ panic.
+ dmesg - Redirect tracing output to dmesg.
+ buf_size=<size> - Set the trace buffer size (e.g. 2M).
+ poll=<ms> - Set the trace remote polling interval
+ in milliseconds.
+
+ Events are a comma-separated list of events to enable.
+ If events are specified, tracing is automatically enabled.
+
+ Multiple remotes can be configured by specifying this
+ parameter multiple times.
+
trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
[FTRACE] Add an event trigger on specific events.
Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 13:54 [PATCH v6 00/18] tracing/remotes: Add printk, dump_on_panic and boot parameters Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 01/18] tracing/remotes: Gate tracefs files opening on trace remote registration Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 02/18] tracing/remotes: Release tracefs,eventfs on registration failure Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 03/18] tracing/remotes: Use kstrtobool for boolean tracefs files Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 04/18] tracing/remotes: Use a single per-remote polling work Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 05/18] tracing/simple_ring_buffer: Add support for compressed length Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 06/18] tracing/remotes: Add dmesg tracefs file Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 07/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Add a test for the " Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 08/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Prefix hypervisor folder Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 09/18] ring-buffer: Use irqsave for the reader lock in ring_buffer_poll_remote Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 10/18] ring-buffer: Use panic-friendly locking in ring_buffer_iter interface Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 11/18] ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_read_remote_meta_page() Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 12/18] ring-buffer: Add kerneldoc for ring_buffer_poll_remote Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 13/18] tracing/remotes: Add dump_on_panic tracefs file Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 14/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Add a test for the " Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 15/18] tracing/remotes: Add poll_ms " Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 16/18] tracing/remotes: Add trace_remote cmdline options Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 14:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-17 13:55 ` [PATCH v6 17/18] Documentation: tracing/remotes: Add detailed tracefs layout Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-17 13:55 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-17 14:21 ` [PATCH v6 18/18] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add trace_remote sashiko-bot
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